March 22, 2011
Editor's note: This story was originally published in the News & Record on Sept. 23, 2007.GREENSBORO — Gene Brock left Wilmington in the dark Saturday morning, a thousand fliers bearing the image of her slain son riding alongside her in the...
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January 17, 2010
GREENSBORO Tap. Tap. Tap. The plastic tip of a slim, metal rod strikes the keyboard. Tap. Tap. Tap. The rod is connected to a helmet that rests on a young man’s head. Tap. Tap. Tap. And slowly, something is taking shape on the screen. A Web site......
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January 6, 2010
GREENSBORO — The best one ever was when the guy carried the entire front end of an Oldsmobile up to the counter. Huffing, puffing, sweating, groaning — no one could believe he’d made it. “It liked to killed him,” said Joey Ha...
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December 30, 2009
This year will go down in the history books as a rainy one, likely the fifth-wettest on record since 1990 . But for most of the year, that wasn’t the case. In mid-September, no more than a trace of rain had fallen in weeks. Only two months of the ye...
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December 27, 2009
ASHEBORO — Love on the ice. That, among other things, is what the N.C. Zoo is looking to achieve with a multimillion-dollar expansion of its popular polar bear exhibit. When it comes to expanding the polar bear population at American zoos, there are...
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December 25, 2009
I’ll never forget the sight of that little red tricycle under the Christmas tree. There are gifts that are gifts and there are gifts that are milestones, and this was a big one: my son’s first wheeled transportation. Looking at it made my hear...
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December 24, 2009
A lifeless portrait of a president. Ink that doesn’t change color. Lines that blur around the edges. All signs of a counterfeit bill — and all floating amid the currency of the Triad. This is the time of year when fake bills fly in — and...
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December 20, 2009
GREENSBORO — Patty Schram was driving past a brightly lit holiday display on Westridge Road when it hit her. There, up on a roof, was the message, “Peace on Earth.” She’d passed by it before, in previous years, without thinking too...
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The Double Springs schoolhouse is dying. In a low, boggy piece of land across the road from a cement plant, the old building where schoolchildren once learned to read and write is busy falling apart.
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December 11, 2009
GREENSBORO — So, you get the kids all dressed up to visit Santa at the mall. You wait in line beside the velvet rope. You get ready to plop them on St. Nick’s lap.And then: tears. They don’t want to sit on some weird bearded dude in a re...
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December 7, 2009
GREENSBORO — A few months ago, the big question was whether the newly developed H1N1 virus would outrun efforts to vaccinate Americans against it.While the race isn’t over, the vaccination effort appears to be in the lead.
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Stokesdale businessman Dean Price had a rare opportunity when he was invited by the White House to explain his vision of a country powered by locally grown biodiesel. That was in August. Now, he’s been asked back. That’s got to be a sign of in...
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December 6, 2009
GREENSBORO — The 20-foot-tall T-Rex might have been the only thing that didn’t look cold on the downtown streets Saturday . But those who braved a mix of cold air, misting rain and brisk wind witnessed a holiday parade of generous length. And...
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December 2, 2009
More than 1 million Americans are infected with HIV. Yet even as the number continues to grow, public concern seems to be dropping. That’s one of the tricky realities that public health officials are grappling with in fighting the disease. Tuesday m...
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November 25, 2009
GREENSBORO — You didn’t need unemployment figures or foreclosure data to see evidence of economic need Tuesday. It was lined up on Lawndale Drive.More than a thousand people descended upon Lawndale Baptist Church for a shot at one of the 1,000...
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November 22, 2009
GREENSBORO — Flick on a light switch. You just burned coal or split the atom. For decades, North Carolina has generated almost all of its electricity with coal-fired or nuclear power plants. But that’s changing. The state’s electricity s...
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November 21, 2009
It’s one of the quintessential sounds of Christmas: the jingle of coins as they hit the bottom of the Salvation Army kettle. But the traditional sound will have a modern companion this year: the plastic clicks of a credit card in action.
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November 20, 2009
GREENSBORO — UNCG undergraduates might not be thrilled about the prospect of paying an additional $254 in tuition and fees — but it could have been much worse, school officials suggested Thursday. Administrators noted that, facing a dire budge...
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November 15, 2009
GREENSBORO — If you needed additional evidence of North Carolina’s changing economy, it’s on display at the Greensboro Children’s Museum. There, in a new temporary exhibit, children can learn about some of the essentials of manufac...
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GREENSBORO — Demographics, not environmental factors, might explain an “elevated” number of pancreatic cancer cases near the White Street Landfill, according to the Guilford County Health Department.
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November 13, 2009
The rain that has soaked the state for the past three days closed some roads and toppled trees, but the Triad area largely escaped serious damage . Area waterways, including Horsepen and South Buffalo creeks, spilled over their banks with the rain, which...
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November 11, 2009
GREENSBORO — For his most recent assignment for the Greensboro Historical Museum, Roger Weigold has found himself thinking like a detective.His mission: Find veterans willing to tell their stories.It used to be easy to find World War II vets.
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November 8, 2009
MONROETON — In the middle of mile after mile of farmland stands a building that could one day mean the difference between life and death for southern Rockingham County residents. The gleaming new fire station on Benaja Road means shorter response ti...
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Q. How long should you keep your bank statements and checks? I have 25 years of accumulated stuff. — Betty Krieg, Greensboro A. There are two basic approaches to this problem. Let’s first explore the one that doesn’t involve a buil...
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November 6, 2009
For three Moses Cone Hospital employees, not wanting to get a seasonal flu shot was worth losing a job. While they might have paid a high price for their stance, they’re not alone. Many Americans, urged on by prominent skeptics such as Rush Limbaugh...
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